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When trying to compile a LaTeX document in Ubuntu 10.04 with xelatex I get the following error message:

This is XeTeX, Version 3.1415926-2.2-0.9995.2 (TeX Live 2009/Debian)
 restricted \write18 enabled.
entering extended mode
(./test.tex
LaTeX2e <2009/09/24>
Babel <v3.8l> and hyphenation patterns for english, usenglishmax, dumylang, noh
yphenation, ngerman, german, german-x-2009-06-19, ngerman-x-2009-06-19, loaded.

(/usr/share/texmf-texlive/tex/latex/base/article.cls
Document Class: article 2007/10/19 v1.4h Standard LaTeX document class
(/usr/share/texmf-texlive/tex/latex/base/size10.clo))
(/usr/share/texmf-texlive/tex/xelatex/fontspec/fontspec.sty
(/usr/share/texmf-texlive/tex/generic/ifxetex/ifxetex.sty)
(/usr/share/texmf-texlive/tex/latex/tools/calc.sty)
(/usr/share/texmf-texlive/tex/latex/xkeyval/xkeyval.sty
(/usr/share/texmf-texlive/tex/generic/xkeyval/xkeyval.tex
(/usr/share/texmf-texlive/tex/generic/xkeyval/keyval.tex)))
(/usr/share/texmf-texlive/tex/latex/base/fontenc.sty
(/usr/share/texmf-texlive/tex/xelatex/euenc/eu1enc.def)
(/usr/share/texmf-texlive/tex/xelatex/euenc/eu1lmr.fd)kpathsea: Invalid fontname
 `[lmroman10-regular]', contains '['

! Font EU1/lmr/m/n/10=[lmroman10-regular]:mapping=tex-text at 10.0pt not loadab
le: Metric (TFM) file or installed font not found.
<to be read again> 
                   relax 
l.100 \fontencoding\encodingdefault\selectfont

What is wrong?

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  • Note: I just had this problem and thought I'd post it here.
    – Caramdir
    Jul 30, 2010 at 15:07
  • Thanks for asking and answering the question; I'm sure it will be useful to others (esp. those who arrive through Google).
    – ShreevatsaR
    Jul 30, 2010 at 15:18

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This is a bug in Ubuntu 10.04's textlive-xetex package: It does not depend on the lmodern package (see the Lauchpad bug report). To fix the problem just install the lmodern package, e.g. via

sudo apt-get install lmodern

(This also effects Debian Lenny: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=576599)

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  • Moreover, I'd recommend to skip the Ubuntu packages install TeX Live directly from tug.org/texlive.
    – Caramdir
    Apr 20, 2011 at 20:04
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    .... and this still isn't fixed (Ubuntu Server 14.04). Thanks!
    – Keelan
    Oct 20, 2015 at 21:48
  • FYI, said bug still is not fixed as of Debian 7 (Wheezy).
    – Digger
    Mar 10, 2017 at 0:41
  • FYI, said bug is not fixed as of Debian 8 (Jessie).
    – Digger
    Oct 4, 2021 at 19:04
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I have installed TeXLive2010 on Ubuntu 10.04 using the ISO image file, I have no error and all things working properly. It seems that, the error is for your TeXLive installation! Try the ISO image.

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  • Dude, the question is already answered and the answer was accepted!
    – خالد حسني
    Feb 13, 2011 at 14:29
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    That's just an alternative! people who reach here by Googleing may select the alternative way!
    – hassan_noori
    Feb 13, 2011 at 14:38

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